What Level of Frostbite 2.0 Will Consoles Actually Offer?

Bryce Wilson Writes: Frostbite 2.0 is, let’s face it, a major selling point when it comes to EA and DICE’s upcoming first-person shooter Battlefield 3.

The promises of unrivaled destruction and the ability to witness buildings crumble before your eyes in a realistic manner is something that every gamer is no doubt interested in.

[vyke3]

i think that the frostbite 2.0 engine would run smoothly on every platform. it will all revealed in september, my friends.

[Criminal]

Why September? Will the Beta start then?

[Ser]

The open beta starts in September.

People who bought the limited edition of Medal of Honor are getting in early.

[showtimefolks]

is when i play games i could care less if my ps3/xbox360 version looks any different from each other or i know my games will not be equal to pc ports just because pc is more powerful

we all know BF3 will look amazing on pc

and BF3 will look great on consoles who cares about anything else as long as it plays smooth

the thing that kind of pisses me off is pc has more players per match than consoles and there is no excuse for it

because this is what DICE guys said:

pc gamers wanted it more so we gave them more players I MEAN REALLY?

you are charging us full 60 and most likely this game will sell more on consoles yet you say something like that

and yes BF3 will sell more on 2 consoles than one pc so not saying it will sell bad its just 2-1 and i expect 2 to do better

[Bladesfist]

BC2 has a bigger community on PC than it does on any one console. For example we unlocked the 10k team actions or whatever map a day or 2 before consoles.

[JRivera92]

FB 2.0 should be fine. I'll buy the game no matter what. Definitely the CoD Killer (:

[Hicken]

I don't expect it to be as in-depth as on PC, but I'm certain my PS3 will do a more than adequate job of pulling it off.

[Angrymorgan]

Lol you know all the people disagreeing are pc nerds wanting consoles to crash and burn lolol

[Hicken]

They can want all they want. If console versions outsell the PC version, what are they gonna do then?

[Urrakia34]

It will offer console level. Nothing wrong with that. :)

[Laypoof]

Downgraded or not for the consoles, the game still shits on call of doody

[xDSJxPyro]

I have to say from what I have seen of the Frostbite 2.0 Engine even on the PS3 footage we saw Jimmy Fallon play, it looked better than anything I have seen Call of Duty do with their engine which has been around since Call of Duty 2.

I just wish my current PC could run this game, it can't even dream of playing this game.

[Hitman0769]

This is a very well put together article analyzing things from a more analytic and in-depth angle. I'm hoping I can buy my new PC rig before this game drops but if not I am going to feel like I'm missing out by playing it on consoles.

Oh guys remember the same guy who said this?? :

Alan Kertz: "Bullshit confirmed. Frostbite 2.0 is the engine running the game on all platforms!!"

Also said this:

Alan Kertz: "you’re not going to be bringing buildings down in Battlefield 3 like you did in Bad Company 2"

Google is your friend people... check the sources, you may recognize their 3 letter name.

[Sarobi]

It'll obviously be able to give us a new engine experience, i do think it will run smoothly on consoles though

[pumpactionpimp]

I think this will end up like crysis 2 on consoles. It was overhyped, and when the game came out it was an above average game, but was shunned for all the hype that lead upto it's release.

I see BF3 going much the same way. The pc version will be better, but I see a lot of console owners becoming angry over the hype. And yet another above average game will suffer because of it.

[FunkMcnasty]

I'm not worried.. already pre-ordered for my 360 to ensure I get the "Back to Karkand" expansion pack on day 1 :)

We all know it's not gonna look like the PC on our playstations and xbox's.. But I really think that BC2 was a great looking game, graphically, and I'm sure that DICE will improve upon those visuals as well as they can. As far as people being concerned that the destruction won't be as grand as in BC2, I wouldn't be worried about that either. I'm sure DICE/EA know that destruction and vehichles have been, more-or-less, the heart and soul of BF combat. Why would they change that now?

[SexCells]

I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a little worried about the console versions of Battlefield 3. However, that doesn't change the fact that I'll be purchasing it on PC regardless.

[qwertyz]

the console version will FAIL hard of course while we pc elite will be able to witness forstbite 2.0 at its ZENITH. pc ftw

[hilyou]

i think that all of da versions will be da same except consoles having 24 player online, smaller maps, lower fps, and resolution. but 720p and 30fps is da normal console game on ps3 and 360 so thats really not a big problem. and 24 players and smaller maps are ok, cuz we couldnt hav both big maps and 64 player online. it makes sense 2 hav 24 player online and smaller maps ucz if we had 64 players and small maps than every1 would die every second. but if we had 24 players and a huge map then wed rarely kill some1 or die, cuz we would need 2 find ppl.